Staff Corporal Georg Kurat lost his life, along with two other German soldiers, in a suicidal attack. Georg was 22 years old.

At about 8.30 am Central European Time (12.00 pm local time) Mohammed Afzal, soldier of the Afghan National Army, based at the outpost „Op North" in the province of Pol-i Khomri,, took an AK-47 and opend fire onto several German soldiers, one of whom died on the spot, while eight other soldiers were seriously injured, two of them fatally.

On Friday, February 25, a memorial service was held in the Regen Saint Michael church, attended by German Federal Chancellor Mrs Angela Merkel and Minister of the Defence, Mr Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg.